EFFEC-
TIVE IMMEDIATELY. WILL REPAY FOR PARIS TRIP.
REGRETFULLY---
PAMELA THORNTON
She re-read the wire. Her thoughts were still churning
with happiness over Rex’s suggestion to work together. She suddenly felt the responsibility of being his agent. It was a feeling Pamela enjoyed.
Kel Orland left her no alternative. She wanted to be
104 __________________Gloria Graham
fair – to share her good fortune with him but his attitude had ended that feeling.
Pamela sent the wire.
“That says it all!” she thought. She planned to repay
Kel Orland for her trip or she would never feel right. It was the trip of a lifetime and she would always be grateful to Orlands for that!
“Why pay them back?” Jill had questioned her mother
on the phone.
“There will be no question of integrity. I’ll just feel
better,” she insisted.
“That’s just like you, Mom,” she said, not surprised at
her mother’s reasons.
“When are you coming home anyway?” Jill asked.
“Soon darling, soon.” Pamela knew Jill missed her as
much as she missed Jill.
The weeks had passed rapidly for Pamela, but now it
was time to go home!
She realized the new business venture would take some
doing to put together, she needed to go home and take
care of her personal life. She missed Jill more than she
wanted to admit!
It would be expensive flying home and then back again,
but that’s the way it had to be. She would talk it over with Rex at lunch tomorrow, she thought.
Deciding to go home was a load off her mind. She felt
good about it! She took a little longer in her nightly beauty ritual! The moisture cream seemed to soak in quickly in
Paris, “Funny,” she thought, “never even gave a wrinkle a thought until I turned forty!” Pamela rubbed harder, mas-saging her few wrinkles seemed more important.
A Memory Unchained___________ 105
“Not bad enough I can’t see past my nose – now
wrinkles!” she muttered as she patted her neck with a firm upward thrust.
She had finished all the messy treatments when the
phone ring startled her. Three short brassy rings made the call seem so urgent!
The operator said something very French that ended
with, “Mrs. Thornton?” That part she recognized.
“Oui,” Pamela answered. She had learned a few French
words but sentences, no!
“Pamela,” the voice on the other end sounded so far
away! “I can hardly hear you, bad connection,” he said.
Just then the operator interrupted, spoke a little French, and within seconds the man’s voice came back clearer.
Pamela’s heart pounded. It was Jeff!
“Jeff?” she questioned.
“You bet.” His voice gave her butterflies in her stom-
ach!
“How’s Paris my love?”
“Wonderful, just wonderful!” She felt she was scream-
ing in the receiver.
“Why am I screaming? Can you hear me alright?”
“Like you were here next to me! So how’s New York
and Boston?”
“Still here, missing you!” Jeff sounded sincere.
“Oh really,” she paused; her voice a little sarcastic. She didn’t add any other comment, just waited for his next
remark.
“Did you get my roses?” He asked.
“They were beautiful. It was kind of you. Thank you!
I’ve fallen in love with Paris!” she added.
106 __________________Gloria Graham
The phone cracked again.
“In love with who?” He sounded distressed. Now he
was doing the screaming.
“Paris, silly, Paris.” Pamela answered almost yelling.
“I was afraid of that – you know New York needs you!
I need you too!” His voice was distant again, or quieter, she didn’t know which one it was.
Pamela chose to ignore his last remark. She was dis-
turbed that he would assume everything was alright, like
nothing had happened between them.
“We’d better wait and talk at home. I’m leaving Paris
next Friday night. For a while anyway. Things are pretty
upset…” She paused.
“Upset, how?” his voice was visibly distraught!
Pamela told him briefly about Kel
TIVE IMMEDIATELY. WILL REPAY FOR PARIS TRIP.
REGRETFULLY---
PAMELA THORNTON
She re-read the wire. Her thoughts were still churning
with happiness over Rex’s suggestion to work together. She suddenly felt the responsibility of being his agent. It was a feeling Pamela enjoyed.
Kel Orland left her no alternative. She wanted to be
104 __________________Gloria Graham
fair – to share her good fortune with him but his attitude had ended that feeling.
Pamela sent the wire.
“That says it all!” she thought. She planned to repay
Kel Orland for her trip or she would never feel right. It was the trip of a lifetime and she would always be grateful to Orlands for that!
“Why pay them back?” Jill had questioned her mother
on the phone.
“There will be no question of integrity. I’ll just feel
better,” she insisted.
“That’s just like you, Mom,” she said, not surprised at
her mother’s reasons.
“When are you coming home anyway?” Jill asked.
“Soon darling, soon.” Pamela knew Jill missed her as
much as she missed Jill.
The weeks had passed rapidly for Pamela, but now it
was time to go home!
She realized the new business venture would take some
doing to put together, she needed to go home and take
care of her personal life. She missed Jill more than she
wanted to admit!
It would be expensive flying home and then back again,
but that’s the way it had to be. She would talk it over with Rex at lunch tomorrow, she thought.
Deciding to go home was a load off her mind. She felt
good about it! She took a little longer in her nightly beauty ritual! The moisture cream seemed to soak in quickly in
Paris, “Funny,” she thought, “never even gave a wrinkle a thought until I turned forty!” Pamela rubbed harder, mas-saging her few wrinkles seemed more important.
A Memory Unchained___________ 105
“Not bad enough I can’t see past my nose – now
wrinkles!” she muttered as she patted her neck with a firm upward thrust.
She had finished all the messy treatments when the
phone ring startled her. Three short brassy rings made the call seem so urgent!
The operator said something very French that ended
with, “Mrs. Thornton?” That part she recognized.
“Oui,” Pamela answered. She had learned a few French
words but sentences, no!
“Pamela,” the voice on the other end sounded so far
away! “I can hardly hear you, bad connection,” he said.
Just then the operator interrupted, spoke a little French, and within seconds the man’s voice came back clearer.
Pamela’s heart pounded. It was Jeff!
“Jeff?” she questioned.
“You bet.” His voice gave her butterflies in her stom-
ach!
“How’s Paris my love?”
“Wonderful, just wonderful!” She felt she was scream-
ing in the receiver.
“Why am I screaming? Can you hear me alright?”
“Like you were here next to me! So how’s New York
and Boston?”
“Still here, missing you!” Jeff sounded sincere.
“Oh really,” she paused; her voice a little sarcastic. She didn’t add any other comment, just waited for his next
remark.
“Did you get my roses?” He asked.
“They were beautiful. It was kind of you. Thank you!
I’ve fallen in love with Paris!” she added.
106 __________________Gloria Graham
The phone cracked again.
“In love with who?” He sounded distressed. Now he
was doing the screaming.
“Paris, silly, Paris.” Pamela answered almost yelling.
“I was afraid of that – you know New York needs you!
I need you too!” His voice was distant again, or quieter, she didn’t know which one it was.
Pamela chose to ignore his last remark. She was dis-
turbed that he would assume everything was alright, like
nothing had happened between them.
“We’d better wait and talk at home. I’m leaving Paris
next Friday night. For a while anyway. Things are pretty
upset…” She paused.
“Upset, how?” his voice was visibly distraught!
Pamela told him briefly about Kel
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